Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Until 31 October 2025 ‘Secondment only for current NHS employees’)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-MID-6746857-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in the Midlands Region
- Town
- Flexible across the Midlands
- Salary
- £88,168 - £101,677 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Chief Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The role of the Deputy Regional Chief Midwife is an exciting midwifery leadership role in the Midlands Region to support the Regional Chief Midwife and Regional Consultant Obstetrician. Working to realise the ambitions of the Long-Term Plan and key national maternity priorities, the post holder will work with key stakeholders across the health system to provide strategic leadership and professional guidance regionally. They will hold responsibility for the delivery of key objectives including leading on the maternity workforce and leadership agenda and support programmes of work relating to maternity policy, strategy and professional priorities and the delivery of high quality, safe and personalised health and care across the region. Working as part of a dynamic team engaging with colleagues, managers, senior staff and LMNS Leads across the region to support the provision of personalised, safe evidence based maternity care for all women across the East of England.
Please note that the reason for the fixed term of your contract is to allow a developmental opportunity for the successful candidate for 12 months.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a dynamic team engaging with colleagues, managers, senior staff and LMNS Leads across the region to support the provision of personalised, safe evidence based maternity care for all women across the Midlands.
They will hold responsibility for the delivery of key objectives including leading on the maternity workforce and leadership agenda and support programmes of work relating to maternity policy, strategy and professional priorities and the delivery of high quality, safe and personalised health and care across the region. Working as part of a dynamic team engaging with colleagues, managers, senior staff and LMNS Leads across the region to support the provision of personalised, safe evidence based maternity care for all women across the Midlands.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Educational
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement and their association with quality improvement methodology
- Good knowledge of quality assurance processes locally, regionally and nationally Knowledge of clinical governance processes
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Member of a relevant professional body
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following area(s) -Midwifery
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to midwifery, maternity, leadership, strategy, workforce improvement, quality improvement, safety, system change.
Desirable criteria
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following area(s) -Strategy & Policy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven experience at a senior leadership level in delivering strategic transformational change
- Credible Midwifery Leader accustomed to the demands of a complex organisation(s)
- Proven Board level experience (preferably at regional and/or national level) of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery with the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gaynor Armstrong
- Job title
- Regional Chief Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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